CD Charts
Welcome to The CD Charts, here you will find all the latest and top selling Music cds available to buy online. You can search and locate the best selling Music cd's and have them delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Music all with reviews.
Back to Home Page > Go back a page
Music : Lifeline
See Larger Image |
Lifeline by: Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals List Price: £15.99 CD-Charts Price: £10.08 You Save: £5.91 (37%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099950564408 Label: Virgin Music Manufacturer: Virgin Music Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Music Release Date: August 27, 2007 Studio: Virgin Music Sales Rank: 39980 Disc 1:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not a patch on his earlier work.Lifeline is far and away Harper's weakest album. I am a great fan of all his earlier work but this is a poor album on every level. The lyrics are weak and the music borders on the sort of middle of the road dross someone like Terence Trent Darby would put out! Certainly there is no song on here that will last the test of time like "Excuse me Mr", "The will to live", "Whipping boy" or "Alone". Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of Lifeline is that the performances are so so ordinary. Ben Harper does have a unique and wonderful voice but it sounds strained and souless here. On top of that, the over-compressed production makes it hard on the ears. I really hope that Ben Harper's next album is a return to form because ... Read More: Rating:  - Please ignore the first reviewI'm a massive fan of Ben Harper- I'm familiar with all his work and own most of his albums. This is brilliant. It's possibly the best album I own and I'd advise anyone to get it. In fact I'd INSTRUCT EVERYONE to get it. It's a mix of soul, funk, acoustic and rock and Ben Harper's incredible voice can (and does) easily sing in any of those genres as though he was born to do so. You won't be disappointed. Rating:  - The Middle Of The RoadDue to his cult status, if you're reading this then you're probably already a fan of Ben Harper's music, so I won't bore you with the normal back catalogue and history dissection. On hearing that he would be re-joining forces (in the studio) with his great band -The Innocent criminals- I got very excited and went out and bought the special addition box set. I was very happy with the presentation of this CD. It all came in a nice little box containing separate sleeves for the CD and the DVD. You also get a really nice photo book, loaded with shots of the boys in the studio and hanging around Paris. My only gripe with the package is that the DVD has no extras. Yes you could argue that the DVD is, in it's self an extra but for £26 they could've ... Read More: Rating: - Great album. Great artist.Ben Harper is an amazingly talented singer, songwriter & musician. So much so, that at times his versatility has been his beggest enemy. His influences (Hendrix, Gaye, Dylan, Marley etc) are always apparent on his albums, and because of that mix of styles, the flow of his albums sometimes suffer.On Lifeline he's stuck to one sound. A smooth, almost soulful folk style (if that makes sense!), and the album works. My only chritisism would be that his lyrics aren't anywhere near as strong as they have been in the past. He's always been very conscious/political/spiritual, but here it feels as though he wants the words for the sound they make, rather than their meaning.All in all a great album by a great artist. If you're new to Ben ... Read More: |
|